Beau's lines occurring on three fingernails

Credit: DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Beau's line: occurring on three fingernails. This transverse groove on each fingernail is a result of a systemic illness which has interfered with nail growth. This particular patient developed Beau's lines after an episode of acute diverticulitis: a serious inflammation of the intestine in which fever, vomiting, and intestinal haemorrhage may have occurred.

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